Animal-trap



ANIMAL TRAP.

-Patented July 18 W. E. CROCKBTT e R. E. MQADAMS.

(No Model.)

mmf ,mm ed NITED STATES PATENT ANIMAL-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,599, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed March 14, 1893.Y Serial No. 465,928. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. CRoox- ETT and RICHARD E. MCADAMs,citizens of the United States, residing at Laws, in the county ofFranklin and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Animal-Trap,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in animal traps. v

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofanimal traps, and to provide one adapted for catching a great variety ofanimals, such as game, and fish.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is aperspective view of a trap constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional View. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlllgS.'

1 designatesa box rectangular in crosssec tion and having its front endopen and provided thereat with top and'side plates 2 and 3 which haveflaring iianges 4 and 5 forming an enlarged front or entrance to thetrap. The box is provided at its front end with inwardly extendinghorizontally swinging doors 6, each of which consists of a series ofpins or prongs 7 and a vertical pintlebar 8 j ournaled betweenhorizontal cross-plates 9 arranged onV the inner faces of the top andbottom of the box or receptacle 1. Each door is provided with anoutwardly extending arm l0 projecting horizontally fromthe pintle bar atthe top thereof, and connected by a link 11 with the front end of ahorizontally disposed spring 12. The spring 12 is secured to the outerface of the adjacent side of the box or receptacle, and extends througha horizontal slot 13 of the adjacent side plate 3, and it serves to holdits door normally closed. The opposite doors 6 are prevented fromclosing entirely by stops 14 depending from the top of the boxorreceptacle, and holding the doors slightly open.

The box or receptacle is provided near its center with a depending door15 constructed similarly to the doors 6, and having its pintle barhorizontally disposed and journaled in bearing plates 16. The door 15 isprovided at one end of its pintle bar with a forwardly ex,- tending arm17 which is connected by a link 1S with a spring 19 disposed Yat oneside of the box or receptacle and arranged within the same; and acounterbalancing weight 20 is suspended from the arm of the door 15 toe11- able the latter to be readily opened from without to permit thepassage of animals to the back of the box or receptacle.

At the rear end of the box or receptacle in opposite vertical grooves 2lis arranged a looking glass-22 adapted to attract animals and renderthem suspicionless. The glass may be removed, and the top is providedwith a hinged door or section 22 which is locked by an L-shaped hasp 23and which enables the trap to be readily emptied.

The trap is designed to be modified and adapted to the size and kind ofanimals to be caught, and when used for fish wings 24 are attached tothe outer edges of the side plates 3. Each end of the box orreceptaclemay be provided with an entrance when designed for ish.

It will be seen that the trap is simple and comparatively inexpensive inconstruction, and that it is adapted for various kinds of animals.

Any suitable bait may be placed in the back of the trap behind thedepending door 15.

We desire it to be understood that changes in the form, proportion andthe minor details of construction may be resorted to without departingfrom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of thisinvention.

1. A trap comprising a receptacle having an open front end, the top andside plates secured to the front of the receptacle and provided withiiaring flanges, the side plates having horizontal slots in its flanges,the opposite horizontally swinging doors extending inward and havingpintle bars provided with horizontally extending arms arranged oppositesaid slots, and springs secured to the sides of the receptacle andextending forward through said slots and connected with said arms,substantially as described.

2. A trap comprising a receptacle having an open front end, the top andside plates secured to the front of the receptacle and provided withflaring flanges, the side plates being provided with horizontal slots,the outwardly extending wings attached to the outer edges of `the sideplates, the opposite horizontally swinging doors extending inward intothe receptacle and having Vertical pintle bars and provided, oppositesaid slots, with ontwardly extending arms, springs secu red t0 the sidesof the receptacle and extending forward through the slots, linkseonneeting the arms with the front end of the springs, and the stopsdepending from the top of the receptaele and holding the doors slightlyopen, substantially as described.

A trap comprising a receptacle, the opposite inwardly extending doorsarranged at the front of the reeeptaele, a depending door journaledbetween the sides of the easing and arranged near the center of thereeeptaele and inelining rearward and provided with a forwardlyextending arm, a spring arranged at one side of thereeeptaele andeonneeted with said arm, and a eonnterbalaneing weight depending fromthe arm, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto afxedour signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM E. CROCKETT. RICHARD E. MCADAMS.

Witnesses:

T. W. RUSS, M. G. MoADAMs.

